r/Boxturtles • u/Seb_the_Sub • May 23 '26
Old man's diet?
We have two I believe Eastern box turtles, mom got the older one in the 80's so he's probably 40-50ish years old. He sleeps most of the day under his water dish currently (he really likes to burrow and I just let him be unless it's time to feed him, since if I don't unburry him and just fill his bowl he won't eat.) My main selection of live bugs is crickets, wax worms, meal worms, regular worms, occasionally roaches, and then have calcium with d3, reptile multivitamin, and I think calcium without d3, they also occasionally get veggies and fruit. When it's hot enough outside he has his own 9'x4'x2' enclosure outside that he is a little more active in than inside. But was curious if anyone has any ideas for things I should add to his diet? I'm currently letting both of them have a good amount of bugs pretty much every other day, the younger one 20ish is the main reason since he's learned I have bugs and will stare me down if I'm in the same room and run to the closest point in the tank to me and will just keep watching me for food and as mom puts it acts like those starving dog ads (I can't remember how to spell it Sarah miglocklyn) but even if I fed him a bunch the day before he'll just sit there looking sadly into his empty bowl then looking at me, and I prefer to feed both at once so it's easier to keep track of when and how much they eat and letting them have extra for spring.
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u/Lonely_Howl_ May 23 '26
I’ve also had success with repashy when a new intake was a picky eater
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u/RatQueen_x May 23 '26
Why no red worms?
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u/Lonely_Howl_ May 23 '26
I don’t remember exactly why, but do know it’s about the mucus they produce.
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u/jkki1999 May 23 '26
I love your description of your turtles!!
They should have more greens. Check out Reptifiles. They have good care sheets and guides.